SWEETER and sweeter, Soft and low, Neat little nymph, Thy numbers flow, Urging thy thimble, Thrift's tidy symbol Busy and nimble, To and fro; Prettily plying Thread and song, Keeping them flying Late and long, Through the stitch linger, Kissing thy finger, Quick, -- as it skips along. Many an echo, Soft and low, Follows thy flying Fancy so, -- Melodies thrilling, Tenderly filling Thee with their trilling, Come and go; Memory's finger, Quick as thine, Loving to linger On the line, Writes of another, Dearer than brother: Would that the name were mine! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN EVANGELIST'S WIFE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON TIPPERARY: 3. AS THE INTERLINEARS MIGHT TAKE IT FROM XENOPHON by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A NAMELESS EPITAPH (2) by MATTHEW ARNOLD TWELVE SONNETS: 4. LONELY SEASONS by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) HASTINGS' SONNETS: 8 by SAMUEL EGERTON BRYDGES THE WANDERER: 4. IN SWITZERLAND: THE HEART AND NATURE by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |